Izinhlelo ze-Rainbow Riots zokusungula isikhungo somphakathi se-LGBT e-Uganda, esokuqala ngqa eMpumalanga Afrika, muva nje zigxekwe esidlangalaleni nguNgqongqoshe Wezwe Wezwe Wokuziphatha Nobuqotho, u-Simon Lokodo.
Le nhlangano isaqhubeka nokungahambisani nalezi zinkulumo, ezikhulunywe nephephandaba iThe Guardian. U-Loko ubheke lesi sikhungo “njengesingekho emthethweni” endabeni ebuye ibe nengxoxo nomqondisi ongumsunguli we-Rainbow Riots, uPetter Wallenberg.
Esihlokweni seThe Guardian, uNeela Ghoshal, weHuman Rights Watch, ucashunwe ethi lesi sikhungo manje sesibaluleke kakhulu kunangaphambili ngezinga lempilo yabantu be-LGBT e-Uganda.
Ukuxhaswa kwezinkumbi zabantu kulo msebenzi kusaqhubeka naphezu kwalokhu kusongelwa lesi sikhungo. Izishoshovu ezingaphakathi kwenhlangano i-Rainbow Riots, zihlela ukusungula indawo ephephile yabantu be-LGBT e-Uganda. Lesi sikhungo sizovulwa endaweni eyimfihlo eKampala, futhi samukela abantu bezwe be-LGBT njengendawo yokuphephela ukuze bathole izeluleko zokuphepha, ezempilo kanye nezindaba ze-HIV.
Nokho, ukwethulwa kwalesi sikhungo kusongelwa uhulumeni wase-Uganda; “Kuzofanele bayiyise kwenye indawo. Abakwazi ukuvula isikhungo somsebenzi we-LGBT lapha. Ubungqingili abuvunyelwe futhi abumukelekile neze e-Uganda,” uLokodo utshele i-Guardian, “Asikuvumeli futhi ngeke sikuvumele. Imisebenzi ye-LGBT isivele ivinjelwe futhi yenziwa ubugebengu kuleli zwe. Ngakho ukulidumela kuwukwenza ubugebengu kuphela.”
Nakuba usongo lubhekwa njengolungokoqobo, i-Rainbow Riots ihlose ukuqhubekela phambili nalesi sikhungo, esizobamba ama-workshops namaphrojekthi okudala; ubuciko nomculo okuwumgogodla wemisebenzi evumela izivakashi ukuthi ziveze imizwa yazo ngezindlela esezivunyelwe ukuzenza noma yikuphi kwenye indawo.
UPetter Wallenberg uthe: “Ngiwutholile umbono ngalesi sikhungo ngoba ayikho neyodwa indawo ephephile yabantu be-LGBT e-Uganda. Ngifuna ukwakha isiphephelo ukusiza abasengozini. Awukwazi ukushintsha umhlaba ngokuphazima kweso, kodwa ungathatha isinyathelo sokwenza umhlaba ube ngcono.”
I-Rainbow Riots ikholelwa ukuthi ubuciko nomculo kuyindlela enamandla yokunciphisa i-homophobia kanye ne-transphobia ezifundeni lapho abantu be-LGBT belahlwa njengabangewona ama-Afrika. I-Rainbow Riots ibiyingxenye yenhlangano ye-LGBT yase-Uganda kusukela ngo-2015. Bahlele imigubho yokuziqhenya eyimfihlo ngemva kokuba amaphoyisa emise i-Pride Uganda 2017 futhi i-Wallenberg iqophe i-albhamu yomculo ehlonishwa umhlaba wonke ethi "Rainbow Riots", ehlanganisa abaculi be-LGBT base-Uganda, ukunikeza laba abasengozini kakhulu. hlanganisa izwi ezweni lapho zithathwa njengezingekho emthethweni.
